Balance changes and other changes in the new season

Hello! The new season “Ravagers Ascension” starts next week. It will bring the changes to the energy supply and energy consumption systems that we announced and tested earlier. Today we would like to consolidate all the changes that we plan to implement in the game live servers, and also announce some additional changes. For your convenience, we highlighted the previously unannounced changes in color.

We remind you that all the changes described in this news are not final and may be changed before they are introduced into the game or may not be implemented into the game at all.

Energy supply

Cabins

According to the results of previous testings, the changes to the energy supply of the cabins have shown good results. This means that we will keep the system of energy supply parameters increasing by rarity and depending on the type of the cabin. Old values are shown in brackets, the new ones are shown outside brackets.​

Since “rare” and “epic” cabins have lost 1 energy point (0.5 in the current system), we are making additional balance changes. Most of them are related to the mass limit, so that the player would be able to replace the generator:

Wyvern

Tonnage increased from 3500 to 4000 kg.

Bear

• Mass limit increased from 9000 to 9500 kg.
• Tonnage increased from 4200 to 4500 kg
• Power increased by 7%.

Fury

• Mass limit increased from 8500 to 9000 kg.
• Tonnage increased from 4000 to 4300 kg.
• Power increased by 7%.

Quantum

• Mass limit increased from 10000 to 11000 kg.
• Tonnage increased from 5000 to 5500 kg.
• Power increased by 11%.

Photon

• Mass limit increased from 13000 to 14000 kg.
• Tonnage increased from 5000 to 6500 kg.
• Power increased by 8%.

Omnibox

• Mass reduced from 2100 to 1700 kg.
• Mass limit increased from 12500 to 13000 kg.
• Power increased by 4%.

Favorite

Maximum speed increased from 80 to 83 km/h.

The Call

Maximum speed increased from 77 to 80 km/h.

Howl

• Maximum speed increased from 80 to 83 km/h. 
• Tonnage increased from 4500 to 5500 kg.

Generators

The changes of the energy supplied by generators remain the same and complement the changes to cabins.

Heavy generators now give 1 energy point more than light ones (i.e. 0.5 points in terms of the game version that is currently live on servers) but their destruction causes a much more powerful explosion. These changes would hopefully make all generators a viable option; currently, the players have a favorite generator in each “light/heavy” pair and use it much more often than its counterpart. Old values are shown in brackets, the new ones are shown outside brackets.

The effect that we would like to achieve is that it would be more convenient for light cabins with more energy to have a light, small and safe generator than a heavy, large and explosive one with one additional energy point. At the same time, players would also be able to comfortably install such a generator on a vehicle with a heavy cabin, bringing it closer to a light cabin in terms of energy.

Energy consumption

Firstly, we would like to note that the PS of all “common” and “epic” weapons and modules has slightly decreased in the new system. This is due to the fact that the PS of weapons and modules is equal to the product of the rarity factor times the consumed energy. The factors of these parts were not divisible by 2 and therefore were rounded down.

The PS values of some parts were also changed. Values from live game servers are shown in brackets, the new ones are shown outside brackets.

• “Fuel barrel”, “Car jack”, “Radio”, “RS-1 Ruby” — 40 (65).
• “Fuel tank”, “Contact 2M”, “Rift 2M”, “TS-1 Horizon”  — 65 (115).
• “Hardcore” — 95 (157).
• “RD-2 Keen” — 135 (216).
• “FHT-3 Flock” — 200 (375).
• “Rune-1” — 190 (206).
• “RN Seal”, “Shiver”, “KA-2 Flywheel” — 270 (400).

Weapons

In order for the new system to have as little impact as possible on players’ current armoured vehicles, we have dropped almost all weapon changes and will only modify their energy consumption if needed as part of the regular balance changes. The energy consumption of all weapons will be multiplied by 2. The exceptions are some auxiliary weapons, for which we have reduced their energy consumption:

Enlightenment

• Now consumes 1 point of energy instead of 2. 
• PS reduced from 275 to 135.

Barrier

• Now consumes 3 points of energy instead of 4. 
• PS reduced from 550 to 405.

Acari

• Now consumes 7 points of energy instead of 8. 
• PS reduced from 1100 to 945.

Yongwang

Perk’s bonus for energy spent on modules is now reduced from 12 to 6%.

Borer

• Now consumes 5 points of energy instead of 4.
• PS increased from 260 to 325.

Buzzsaw

• Now consumes 5 points of energy instead of 4.
• PS increased from 380 to 475.

“Lacerator” and “Mauler”

• Now consume 7 points of energy instead of 6.
• PS increased from 825 to 945.

Comment: “Borer”, “Buzzsaw”, “Lacerator” and “Mauler” consume too little energy, so vehicles that use them are usually built for low PS levels and have too high efficiency on those levels. The change should weaken armoured vehicles with these weapons by forcing players to uninstall some modules or install a generator and increase the PS levels they play on.

Modules

Similar to weapons, we doubled the energy consumption of all modules (except for the ones listed below). We decided not to tie energy consumption to rarity, which we tested last time, and implemented only those changes that we consider really necessary:

“Dun horse” and “Razorback”

• Now consumes 1 point of energy instead of 2. 
• PS reduced from 190 to 95.

Comment: starting from 4000 PS, “special” engines are used much less often than “epic” ones and are usually just placed into storage without any use.

Oculus

• Now consumes 1 point of energy instead of 2. 
• PS reduced from 190 to 95.

Comment: unfortunately, players don’t use this module at all.

KA-1 Discharger

• Now consumes 1 point of energy instead of 2. 
• PS reduced from 190 to 95.
• Efficiency reduced from 15 to 10%.

Comment: this recharge booster is practically never used in comparison with the “Flywheel”, even at low PS. On the live game servers, both modules are too close in their parameters and models, making the “Discharger” virtually useless. The changes should increase its relevance at low PS.

Yeti

• Now consumes 3 points of energy instead of 2. 
• PS increased from 400 to 600.
• Invisibility reserve increased from 30 to 45 sec. 
• Bonus from invisibility reserve reduced from 15 to 10% (i.e. it still adds 5 sec.). 
• Bonus to the invisibility reserve from “Rune-1” reduced from 50 to 25%.

Comment: a very effective stealth module with unique mechanics different from the “Chameleons”, making it not so much an extension of them but an alternative to them. We don’t want to weaken its performance, but we think it’s fair to raise its energy consumption and make it less dependent on the “Rune-1”.

Omamori

Now consumes 3 points of energy instead of 2.

Comment: as with the “Yeti”, it’s a very efficient module with mechanics different from its predecessor.

B-1 Aviator

• Now consumes 1 point of energy instead of 2. 
• PS reduced from 85 to 40. 
• Boost reduced by 30%. 
• Now gives 3% bonus to damage with the “Cockpit” perk.

Blastoff

• Now consumes 2 points of energy. 
• Boost increased by 21%. 
• Now gives 10% bonus to damage with the “Cockpit” perk.

Hermes

• Now consumes 3 points of energy instead of 2. 
• PS increased from 275 to 405.
• Boost increased by 56%. 
• Now gives 25% bonus to damage with the “Cockpit” perk. 
• Durability increased from 129 to 172 pts. 

Comment: we implemented an energy consumption progression for boosters and further widened the gap in acceleration efficiency, as “Hermes” is too big and quite difficult to mount on a car in large numbers, and “Aviator” is much less likely to be used at low PS than the rare “Blastoff”.

“Argus” and “Interceptor”

• Now consume 1 point of energy instead of 2.
• PS reduced from 275 to 135.

Comment: both modules are rarely used and utilized only in overly specific circumstances.

R-1 Breeze

• Now consumes 1 point of energy instead of 2. 
• PS reduced from 85 to 40.

R-2 Chill

• Now consumes 1 point of energy instead of 2. 
• PS reduced from 130 to 65. 
• Efficiency reduced from 50 to 40% (for shotguns, from 29 to 23%).

RN Seal

• Now consumes 2 points of energy. 
• Efficiency increased from 70 to 80% (for shotguns, from 38 to 44%).

CS Taymyr

• Now consumes 1 point of energy instead of 2. 
• PS reduced from 130 to 65. 
• Efficiency reduced from 60 to 40%.

Comment: these changes are necessary so that when using weapons with heating mechanics in conditions of energy shortage it would be possible to replace an epic module with a weaker one, or to install it if you have 1 free point of energy (similar to weapons with reloading and “Discharger” / “Flywheel”).

Additional balance changes

Large wheel

Durability increased from 220 to 275 pts.

Landing gear

Durability increased from 110 to 130 pts.

Camber

Durability increased from 135 to 175 pts.

Lunar IV

Durability increased from 125 to 155 pts.

Array

Durability increased from 200 to 245 pts.

APC wheel

Durability increased from 215 to 230 pts.

Twin wheel

Durability increased from 235 to 295 pts.

Comment: the changes are in addition to the recent wheel PS changes. They should increase their survivability and relevance at low PS.

Sabbath

Perk stacking delay increased from 0.3 to 0.5 sec.

Comment: the efficiency of the wheels’ perk was too high against rapid-fire weapons, because the maximum bonus is gained in a too short period of time.

Meat Grinder

• Added additional weld points.
• Added resistances to thermal and cryogenic damage (25%).

Comment: the new weld points will allow for more variety in auger builds, and the addition of resistances will increase the survivability at medium PS levels.

Incinerator

• Fire puddle damage reduced from 5 to 2.5 pts.
• Parts heating rate reduced from 20% per second to 5% per second.
• Projectile blast damage increased from 30 to 120 pts.
• Added parts heating from the projectile explosion (25%).

Comment: This weapon is too effective for a support weapon due to extremely fast parts heating over a large area. The changes are to increase the importance of direct hits, while reducing its efficiency as a support weapon for allies.

Jotun

• Projectile blast damage increased from 60 to 150 pts.
• Added parts freezing from the projectile explosion (25%).

Comment: the weapon’s efficiency is still quite low. As with the “Incinerator”, the change strongly encourages direct projectile hits on the enemy.

Cerberus

• Damage of the built-in melee weapon reduced from 32 to 20 pts.
• Reduced the length of the damage zone. Built-in weapon now can’t deal damage through parts that are 1 structural cell thick.

Tusk

• Removed the permanent bonus to ram damage. Now ram damage increases only from the perk.
• Ram damage resistance reduced from 75 to 60%.

Comment: the average damage per minute done directly by the “Cerberus” and “Tusk” cabins exceeds that of many weapons. We believe that cabins should not be that efficient at dealing damage, as their built-in weapons cannot be destroyed and do not consume energy.

“MG13 Equalizer” and “MG14 Arbiter”

Fully charged perk now doesn’t reset immediately, but gradually reduces over 2.45 sec.

Cyclone

Fully charged perk now doesn’t reset immediately, but gradually reduces over 1.5 sec.

Comment: the changes to the miniguns and “Cyclone” are primarily aimed at increasing the comfort of using these weapons.

Retcher

Rotation speed increased by 67%.

Comment: the rotation speed of “Retcher” was too low and is now equal to that of its predecessors (“Thresher” and “GL-55 Impulse”).

Skadi

• The speed of the perk’s negative effect increased by 57%.
• Parts freezing speed increased by 47%.

Commentary: low efficiency of the frost cannon. Negative effects from the perk and freezing mechanics accumulated too slowly, so they were of little use.

Scorpion

• The rate of projectile’s damage loss as parts are penetrated reduced by 12%.
• Rotation speed increased by 60%.
• Spread increase while turning reduced by 25%.

Comment: changing the damage loss rate should enhance the perk of the “Scorpion”, which is poorly realized in the current game version. Changing the rotation speed and spread increase while turning should improve the experience of playing unpopular wheeled and tracked vehicles armed with the “Scorpion”.

Co-driver “Phobos”

The “Nitrous oxide system” skill now increases the speed of the armoured vehicle by 5% instead of by 5 km/h.

Comment: the skill is too strong in relation to other passive co-driver skills. It gives a bonus to speed that does not depend on the characteristics of the vehicle itself, which is especially efficient when used with slow cabins.

Ram damage mechanics

Reduced the influence of speed on ram damage and its penetration depth.

Comment: we’ve implemented additional minor changes to the settings of the new ram damage mechanics after collecting statistics from live servers.

For now, these are all the balance changes that are planned to be implemented in the new season next week. We would like to remind you that up until the time of the update’s release, certain changes may or may not make it into the game. Another interesting announcement related to the new update is coming this week. Stay tuned!

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